Fire Inquiry
ON Tuesday Mr. A. L. M'Dougall, P.M., coroner, held an inquiry into the cause of the burning of a barn in Clarence-street, the property of G. F. Schonbein. Jury-Messrs…
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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires
11 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers
ON Tuesday Mr. A. L. M'Dougall, P.M., coroner, held an inquiry into the cause of the burning of a barn in Clarence-street, the property of G. F. Schonbein. Jury-Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WITHIN a few moments after the discovery of the outbreak the whole of the upper portion of the building appeared to be a mass of flame, shedding a lurid glare far into the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE recent fire, and the almost miraculous escape of a large block of buildings, brings under notice in a marked degree the importance of more efficient measures being…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE stockman's evening meal was o'er, the damper stowed away. And to stretch our weary limbs around the fire we lay…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WINTER HOPS are now in season. Sample of conversation overheard in a conservatory:— Johnny (who has somehow got both Flo…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →ABOUT noon on Wednesday, a fire took place in a weatherboard cottage occupied by Mr. T. Richards, jam manufacturer, Fry-street. It appears that the fire broke out in a back…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ON Sunday a remarkable series of fires occurred in the country and in and around the suburbs. At Wollongong a fire broke out in Crown-street at about 7 o'clock, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FOR the post few weeks we (Mercury) have had to record numerous instances of grass Ares in and around the Maitland district, the most serious and destructive being that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE destruction caused during the past few weeks by bush fires is heaping up still greater burdens on the owners and occupiers of land for pasture purposes. Especially is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE question of Fire Insurance having been before the public of Grafton recently in a peculiar form, we append an interesting article upon Fire Insurance from the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MAX was in the hummock under th climbing jasmine on the verandah, clad in his tennis flannels. He was smoking and reading Trilby when I…
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